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Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... point to changing dietary habits, the success of foreign made cars is one example of a wider desire for brand name consumer goods and a dramatic rise in box office receipts and overseas trips is symptomatic of growing appetite for entertainment and tourism. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... in economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release May's international trade in goods and services data. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is scheduled to be a panelist ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... for a 0.4% and follows a 0.1% fall in the previous month. Data like this - along with yesterday's disappointing durable goods orders reports - tells me that the US economy is not in a hurry to go gangbusters... so will the Fed. Though I could also be ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... report - a leading indicator of business investment - came in much weaker than market expectations. Total orders for durable goods declined by 1.0% in May, more than offsetting the 0.8% gain recorded in the previous month and opposite expectations for ...

Crime survey finds fraud rife in Australia

PETRINA BERRY, AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... fraudsters can be an employee, business owner, board member, an official or vendor involved in the purchase or sale of services, goods or assets between organisations or individuals. "We see this type of fraud in contracting, inappropriate supplier relationships ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... was nine points higher at 5,454. In economic news on Thursday, the bureau of statistics releases international trade in goods and services data for April. The market on Wednesday closed lower, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropping 34.9 points ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... unemployment rate of 5.2% and youth joblessness of 7.8% -- because labour mobility is one of the four freedoms (along with capital, goods and services) it signed on in the single currency pact... and so with other euro member states basking in the glow ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... US economic stats point to a turnaround after the severe weather related contraction in the first quarter: April durable goods orders came in better than expected; Richmond Fed manufacturing survey reversed sign from minus 7 in March to plus 7 in April ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... by 1.4% overnight - are back in favour. So are tech stocks - up 1.2%. US releases of the day were positive: April durable goods orders came in better than expected; Richmond Fed manufacturing survey reversed sign from minus 7 in March to plus 7 in April ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... solid economic data. Fresh US economic data showed a rise in consumer confidence for May, a surprising increase in durable goods orders for April and an increase in home prices for March.